Stick reversal

[Mysticpuma]

Oce the game exits and the moniter stays black, have you tried hitting "Ctrl+Alt+Del" at the same time?

It may be the case that the program has not closed properly and by hitting the above keys together you can bring up task manager.

If you get the small window showing the option of "Task manager" click on it and see if you can find the "il2fb.exe" process running. If you can, select it, then click "End Process". That may work?

Also it may be worth chicking you have the latest Drivers for your Graphics and Sound cards?

Just checking you've tried these options?

Cheers, MP

[johnost]

Yes - I tried everything, but with a black screen and no mouse or keyboard response there isn't much you can do. It seemed like the graphics signal from the graphics card went missing.

BUT - good news - I cleaned out the Registry with CCleaner, and it has not happened since. Thanks to you all for your help. I am enjoying IL-2 again, its relative simplicity, compared to the latest jet and helo combat games, is a nice change of pace.